Railway-car.



PATENTED'PEB. 25, 1908.

G. V. ROTE.

RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION III ED JUNE 3.1907.

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CHARLES V. ROTE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO PARKE E. SHEE AND ONE-THIRD TO FREDERICK SHOFF, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed June 3. 1907- Serial No. 377,098.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. RoTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a cer tain new and useful RailwayCar, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to miniature railway cars and the main object of the invention is to so construct the car and arrange and locate the seats for the passengers and the station for the motorman, that the motorman will have a clear vision irrespective of the direction in which the car is traveling; furthermore, when the car reaches the terminus, it is not necessary for the motorman to shift his position from one end of the car to the other as in the ordinary arrangement, he having simply to turn his head or partially turn his body if he so desires while remaining .in the same place. In this way much time is saved and the cost of the car and apparatus is materially decreased, it being necessary to have but a single controller and brake staff, etc.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construc tion, combination and arrangement, hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railway car embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

The car contemplated in this invention and illustrated in the accompanying drawings is of the general type known as flat. cars, embodying the straight continuous platform or floor 1, mounted upon and carried by one or more wheeled trucks 2, in connection with which suitable brake mechanism is employed.

Mounted upon the platform or floor are seats 3 for the passengers, which seats are preferably in the form of benches extending transversely of the car body from side to side as indicated in the drawings, said seats being arranged in two groups, one group at each end, while located centrally of the platform and car is the motormans station 41, which thus comes about midway of the length of the car between the two groups of passenger seats, as shown. At one side of the platform or floor is arranged a dash 5 or pedestal for carrying the controller and brake staff respectively designated at 6 and 7, the bearings for said parts being connected with or mounted upon the dash or pedestal 5, as shown in Fig. 2.

In operating the car, the motorman stands in the space or station 4 facing the side of the car toward the dash or pedestal 5, with one hand on the controller and the other hand on the brake handle. In this position he can readily see over the heads of the two groups of passengers and by merely turning his head to one side or the other he can observe the track in both directions. On arriving at the terminal station, all he has to do is to reverse the controller switch and then proceed in the opposite direction, thus effecting a considerable saving in time by not having to move from his original position nor displace and replace the controller lever or handle and other parts which usually have to be carried from one end of the car to the other. The arrangement described also cheapens the cost of construction and maintenance of the car as a whole.

The car above described is designed to be constructed in small or miniature sizes being especially intended for use in parks and pleasure resorts and in transportation to and from places of such or like character.

I claim A railway car having the passenger seats arranged in two groups one group at each end of the car, a motormans station located at or near the proximal center of the car, and the controller mechanism located at the side of the car and to one side of the motormans station.

In testimony whereof I a'ffiX my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES v. ROTE.

Witnesses Enw. F. SMITH, PARKE E. SHEE. 

